- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/281/161
- Title:
- Radio emission from stars at 250GHz
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/281/161
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have used the IRAM 30 m-telescope together with the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) bolometer to survey nearly 270 stars of different types for 250GHz continuum emission. We compare these data with their low frequency (cm-range) properties. Early type stars show very often a deviation from the uniformly expanding wind model which we tentatively attribute to temperature and/or density fluctuations in their deeper atmospheric layers. For WR stars this deviation seems to depend on the effective temperature. Pre-main sequence stars usually seem to be surrounded by a shell of warm dust making a substantial contribution to the 250 GHz flux density value. We have found especially for nearby giants and supergiants that a layer at the transition from photosphere to chromosphere emits ample 250 GHz radiation. We show that the present data can still be explained by a simple uniformly illuminated disk model with the known stellar radius. Optically variable stars are not very strong emitters at 250 GHz. We preferentially detected the more exotic ones, a few Beta Lyr-type and symbiotic stars. Comments on many individual objects are given in the appropriate sections.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/547/A83
- Title:
- Rotating Wolf-Rayet stars in post RSG/LBV phase
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/547/A83
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars with fast rotating cores are thought to be the direct progenitors of long-duration gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs). A well accepted evolutionary channel towards LGRBs is chemically-homogeneous evolution at low metallicities, which completely avoids a red supergiant (RSG), or luminous blue variable (LBV) phase. On the other hand, strong absorption features with velocities of several hundred km/s have been found in some LGRB afterglow spectra (GRB 020813 and GRB 021004), which have been attributed to dense circumstellar (CS) material that has been ejected in a previous RSG or LBV phase, and is interacting with a fast WR-type stellar wind. Here we investigate the properties of Galactic WR stars and their environment to identify similar evolutionary channels that may lead to the formation of LGRBs. We compile available information on the spectropolarimetric properties of 29 WR stars, the presence of CS ejecta for 172 WR stars, and the CS velocities in the environment of 34 WR stars in the Galaxy. We use linear line-depolarization as an indicator of rotation, nebular morphology as an indicator of stellar ejecta, and velocity patterns in UV absorption features as an indicator of increased velocities in the CS environment.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/85
- Title:
- Sixth Catalogue of Galactic Wolf-Rayet Stars
- Short Name:
- III/85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This dataset consists of three files which reproduce data from three tables in the reference. The first file is a catalog of 159 Population I Galactic Wolf-Rayet Stars. The catalog includes a cross index between a running entry number, the best known or earliest catalog reference, HD, BD/CPD, CD, and LS. Each star also has a equatorial (1950.0) and galactic positions, precession to 2000.0, spectral type, binary information (if it applies), narrow-band v and b photometry, and reference codes for each of the previous data. The second file is a catalog of 45 Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae of Type [WR], [WR-Of], [O VI], [WC 10] and [WC 11]. The catalog contains a running entry number and identifications for the planetary nebula in which the star is located. Each star also has a equatorial (1950.0) and galactic positions, spectral type, visual magnitude, reference codes for each of the previous data, and an index for additional references which are in the third file.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/615/A78
- Title:
- Spectral models for binary products
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/615/A78
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Stars stripped of their hydrogen-rich envelope through interaction with a binary companion are generally not considered when accounting for ionizing radiation from stellar populations, despite the expectation that stripped stars emit hard ionizing radiation, form frequently, and live 10-100 times longer than single massive stars. We compute the first grid of evolutionary and spectral models specially made for stars stripped in binaries for a range of progenitor masses (2-20M_{sun}_) and metallicities ranging from solar to values representative for pop II stars. For stripped stars with masses in the range 0.3-7M_{sun}_, we find consistently high effective temperatures (20000-100000K, increasing with mass), small radii (0.2-1R_{sun}_), and high bolometric luminosities, comparable to that of their progenitor before stripping. The spectra show a continuous sequence that naturally bridges subdwarf-type stars at the low-mass end and Wolf-Rayet-like spectra at the high-mass end. For intermediate masses we find hybrid spectral classes showing a mixture of absorption and emission lines. These appear for stars with mass-loss rates of 10^-8^-10^-6^M_{sun}_/yr, which have semi-transparent atmospheres. At low metallicity, substantial hydrogen-rich layers are left at the surface and we predict spectra that resemble O-type stars instead. We obtain spectra undistinguishable from subdwarfs for stripped stars with masses up to 1.7M_{sun}_, which questions whether the widely adopted canonical value of 0.47M_{sun}_ is uniformly valid. Only a handful of stripped stars of intermediate mass have currently been identified observationally. Increasing this sample will provide necessary tests for the physics of interaction, internal mixing, and stellar winds. We use our model spectra to investigate the feasibility to detect stripped stars next to an optically bright companion and recommend systematic searches for their UV excess and possible emission lines, most notably HeII {lambda}4686 in the optical and HeII {lambda}1640 in the UV. Our models are publicly available for further investigations or inclusion in spectral synthesis simulations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/888/54
- Title:
- Spectra of a rare low-mass Wolf-Rayet star in LMC
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/888/54
- Date:
- 25 Oct 2021 10:12:43
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the serendipitous discovery of an object, UVQSJ060819.93-715737.4, with a spectrum dominated by extremely intense, narrow CII emission lines. The spectrum is similar to those of the very rare, late-type [WC11] low-mass Wolf-Rayet stars. Despite the recognition of these stars as a distinct class decades ago, there remains barely a handful of Galactic members, all of which are also planetary-nebula central stars. Although no obvious surrounding nebulosity is present in J0608, [OII], [NII], and [SII] emission suggest the presence of an inconspicuous, low-excitation nebula. There is low-amplitude incoherent photometric variability on timescales of days to years, as well as numerous prominent P Cygni profiles, implying mass loss. There are indications of a binary companion. The star is located on the outskirts of the LMC, and the observed radial velocity (~+250km/s) and proper motion strongly suggest membership. If indeed an LMC member, this is the first extragalactic late [WC] star, and the first with an accurately determined luminosity, as the Galactic examples are too distant for precise parallax determinations. A high-quality, broad-coverage spectrum of the prototype of the late [WC] class, CPD -56 8032, is also presented. We discuss different excitation mechanisms capable of producing the great strength of the CII emission. Numerous autoionizing levels of C II are definitely populated by processes other than dielectronic recombination. Despite the spectacular emission spectra, observational selection makes objects such as these difficult to discover. Members of the [WC11] class may in fact be considerably more common than the handful of previously known late [WC] stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/143
- Title:
- Spectrophotometry of Wolf-Rayet Stars
- Short Name:
- III/143
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The catalog contains spectrophotometry at approximately 10-Angstrom resolution for 173 southern Wolf-Rayet stars. All observations were made at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory between November 1981 and February 1985 with SIT-vidicon detector. The catalog includes synthetic photometry, and fluxes in the range 3400-7300 Angstroms for most known Wolf-Rayet stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud and in the range 3400-4700 Angstroms for all known Wolf-Rayet stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/148/62
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of HD 5980
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/148/62
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- New spectroscopic observations of the LBV/WR multiple system HD 5980 in the Small Magellanic Cloud are used to address the question of the masses and evolutionary status of the two very luminous stars in the 19.3 day eclipsing binary system. Two distinct components of the NV4944{AA} line are detected in emission and their radial velocity variations are used to derive masses of 61 and 66M_{sun}_, under the assumption that binary interaction effects on this atomic transition are negligible. We propose that this binary system is the product of quasi-chemically homogeneous evolution with little or no mass transfer. Thus, both of these binary stars may be candidates for gamma-ray burst progenitors or even pair instability supernovae. Analysis of the photospheric absorption lines belonging to the third-light object in the system confirm that it consists of an O-type star in a 96.56day eccentric orbit (e=0.82) around an unseen companion. The 5:1 period ratio and high eccentricities of the two binaries suggest that they may constitute a hierarchical quadruple system.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/444/895
- Title:
- Spectroscopy of HD 45166
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/444/895
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The binary star HD 45166 has been observed since 1922 but its orbital period has not yet been found. It is considered a peculiar Wolf-Rayet star, and its assigned classification has varied. For this reason we included the object as a candidate V Sge star and performed spectroscopy in order to search for its putative orbital period. High-resolution spectroscopic observations show that the spectrum, in emission and in absorption, is quite rich. The emission lines have great diversity of widths and profiles. The full widths at half maximum vary from 70km/s for the weakest lines up to 370km/s for the most intense ones. The Hydrogen and Helium lines are systematically broader than the CNO lines. Assuming that HD 45166 is a double-line spectroscopic binary, it present s an orbital period of P=1.596+/-0.003-day, with an eccentricity of e=0.18+/-0.08. In addition, a search for periodicity using standard techniques reveals that the emission lines present at least two other periods, of 5 and 5 hour. The secondary star has a spectral type of B7 V and, therefore, should have a mass of about M=4.8M_{sun}_. Given the radial velocity amplitudes, we determined the mass of the hot (primary) star as M=4.2+/-0.7M_{sun}_ and the inclination angle of the system, i=0.77+/-0.09deg. As the eccentricity of the orbit is non zero, the Roche lobes increase and decrease as a function of the orbital phase. At periastron, the secondary star fills its Roche lobe. The distance to the star has been re-determined as d=1.3+/-0.2kpc and a color excess of E(B-V)=0.155+/-0.007 has been derived. This implies an absolute B magnitude of -0.6 for the primary star and -0.7 for the B7 star. We suggest that the discrete absorption components (DACs) observed in the ultraviolet with a periodicity similar to the orbital period may be induced by periastron events.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/98/1305
- Title:
- Stellar content of NGC 346
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/98/1305
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using CCD UBV photometry and spectroscopy, we have investigated the stellar content of NGC 346, the brightest H II region in the SMC. Spectra of 42 stars confirm that 33 are of O type, of which 11 are of type O6.5 or earlier; this is as many early-type O stars as is known in the rest of the SMC. From the spectroscopy and photometry we are able to construct an H-R diagram which is essentially complete down to ~10M_{sun}_. We find an initial mass-function slope {GAMMA}=-1.9, similar to that found for massive stars near the Sun and in the LMC: the presence of six stars in the mass range 40-85M_{sun}_ suggests that the upper-mass limit of the IMF is also not appreciably lower in the SMC than it is in the Galaxy. Our photometry has identified five probable red supergiants of which one was previously known. These stars, plus two B supergiants, are evolved stars of considerably lower mass (15M_{sun}_) than many of the unevolved cluster members. Most of these lower-mass, evolved stars form a spatially distinct subgroup; we believe that NGC 346 thus provides an example of sequential star formation in the SMC. We also have identified a background field population of 5M_{sun}_ stars. We find that the ionizing flux from the hot stars is consistent with the previously known Half nebular luminosity. Finally, we discuss the enigmatic W-R binary HD 5980, which our point-spread-function fitting has identified as a close visual double.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/96/269
- Title:
- Stellar Models from 0.8 to 120 Msolar
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/96/269
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- New grids of stellar evolutionary models covering the range of 0.8 to 120 solar masses have been computed for metallicites Z=0.020 and Z=0.001. The models use the new opacities by Rogers and Iglesias (1992ApJS...79..507R) and by Kurucz (1991) at low T. The consequent changes in the solar helium content, in the mixing length ratio and in the overshooting parameter are taken into account after careful calibrations. Important physical ingredients as the nuclear reaction rates and the neutrino loss rates have been updated. The ionization of the main heavy elements is calculated in details. Results of the models are given in a compact way at corresponding evolutionary stages in each model. In addition to the tables, we shortly present some general results on the tracks in the HR diagrams, the lifetimes in the H-, He-, C-burning phases, and on massive and WR stars.
